Here is the link to my website for my speech & debate class that was used for my final project. http://www.enochsdebate.webs.com/ Chris Hayden
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First Year Grad Student at Stan State. English teacher at Enochs High School. Also am the director of Speech & Debate at Enochs.
Can Video Games Actually Make Better Writers?
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Using the video game SWAT 4 as a primary exemplar for explaining the connection between learning and education, Gee makes some interesting observations about how individuals actually process information through experiences. He makes some good points regarding the necessity of…
Media Artifact Exercise – The Smart Phone
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I remember watching old episodes of “Get Smart” where the bumbling agent Maxwell Smart would answer telephone calls from his shoe. I recall thinking to myself, “Wow! How amazing would that be if you could call anyone, at anytime, in…
Digital Participation: How Important is it in Society?
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With the advent of the internet, many began seeing the vast potential for people to become more connected within society in a variety of ways. Both authors Schaeffer and Hindman discuss the idea of participation within the context of new…
Seiter: A Pessimistic, Yet Realistic Essay Regarding Technology
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Although I would agree with Seiter that economic disparities will greatly diminish a student’s ability to become proficient with technology, I am not certain that remedying that specific category will really provide the solution for which we are searching. She…
English Teachers Unite: Making Our Voices Heard in the Technology Debate
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After digesting the interview from Rheingold and reading Selber’s “Reimagining Computer Literacy”, it has become abudantly clear that English teachers need to take a leading role in the manufacturing of expectations and standards of literacy in the 21st Century. Postman’s words seem to…
What Is Good Writing in the 21st Century?
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Throughout Hobbs “The Seven Great Debates in the Media Literacy Movement”, I could not help but think about the lack of objective standard of what good writing should be. We as educators should have a goal that we desire our…